Comments on: Dialing Up Trouble: IRS Tries to Enforce Cell Phone Fringe Benefits http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/ tax news, tax info and tax policy Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:20:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Cell Phone Tax Continues to Generate Publicity http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4251 Cell Phone Tax Continues to Generate Publicity Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:30:59 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4251 [...] received a lot of feedback via email and twitter on the story that I posted about the IRS stance on taxing employee cell phone use. Yesterday, I was advised that NPR ran a story about this very issue on Thursday. While I [...] [...] received a lot of feedback via email and twitter on the story that I posted about the IRS stance on taxing employee cell phone use. Yesterday, I was advised that NPR ran a story about this very issue on Thursday. While I [...]

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4257 Kelly Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:23:23 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4257 Hey thanks much for that! Hey thanks much for that!

]]> By: Ken Stewart http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4246 Ken Stewart Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:12:19 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4246 Just got a response back from my Senator in SC... S.2668, the Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee’s (MOBILE) Cell Phone Act is the full title, and he evidently is a co-sponsor of the bill. It currently is sitting in the Committee on Finance. Read the full response on my blog... http://www.changeforge.com/2008/08/07/from-the-office-of-senator-demint-sc/ Just got a response back from my Senator in SC…

S.2668, the Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee’s (MOBILE) Cell Phone Act is the full title, and he evidently is a co-sponsor of the bill. It currently is sitting in the Committee on Finance.

Read the full response on my blog… http://www.changeforge.com/2008/08/07/from-the-office-of-senator-demint-sc/

]]> By: ChangeForge | by Ken Stewart | You are welcome to change… » From the Office of Senator DeMint (SC) http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4247 ChangeForge | by Ken Stewart | You are welcome to change… » From the Office of Senator DeMint (SC) Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:09:04 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4247 [...] Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) policy on taxation of corporate mobile plans. Per Kelly from TaxGirl.com, she recommended contacting my local senator. And so I did. This is Senator DeMint’s [...] [...] Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) policy on taxation of corporate mobile plans. Per Kelly from TaxGirl.com, she recommended contacting my local senator. And so I did. This is Senator DeMint’s [...]

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4256 Kelly Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:06:44 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4256 I don't know the bill number but the name is "MOBILE Cell Phone Act of 2008” I don’t know the bill number but the name is “MOBILE Cell Phone Act of 2008”

]]> By: Paul http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4255 Paul Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:37:51 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4255 Do you know what the Senate bill number is? Do you know what the Senate bill number is?

]]> By: Nunya Bidness http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4248 Nunya Bidness Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:04:04 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4248 The Fair Tax would eliminate all this type of nonsense. The Fair Tax would eliminate all this type of nonsense.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4249 Kelly Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:50:13 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4249 suz - That's actually a big consideration - there's not an "off time" for lots of employees these days. suz -
That’s actually a big consideration - there’s not an “off time” for lots of employees these days.

]]> By: suz http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4254 suz Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:28:01 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4254 Gee...I had no idea that being available and connected (and expected to be so) was considered a 'benefit' to me. I thought it was a drain on my personal time... Gee…I had no idea that being available and connected (and expected to be so) was considered a ‘benefit’ to me. I thought it was a drain on my personal time…

]]> By: Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4252 Kelly Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:11:57 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/dialing-up-trouble-irs-tries-to-enforce-cell-phone-fringe-benefits/#comment-4252 Jean - That was more or less what the UC system (they're the ones who made news with this story) was proposing as a solution - two of the universities got smacked with a HUGE tax bill. The problem is that the universities are so huge that it was administratively kind of nightmarish. I think they're in "wait and see" mode to see what happens with this bill. Jean -
That was more or less what the UC system (they’re the ones who made news with this story) was proposing as a solution - two of the universities got smacked with a HUGE tax bill.
The problem is that the universities are so huge that it was administratively kind of nightmarish. I think they’re in “wait and see” mode to see what happens with this bill.

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